Well, after I put out a "railroad items wanted" ad on my local freecycle network, I ended up with a box of old railroad items. Most of the stuff in the box is old O gauge publications from the 50's (300-piece kits, anyone?)

However, there was one envelope with a Southern Pacific Lines logo on it. Inside were a number of black-and-white photographs from the 1940's. Some of these photographs show SP cab-forward #4126 lying on its side after wrecking on a mountainside. Some of the photographs have a stamp on the back that reads "Fred G. Davis, Photographer". The envelope that the photos came in was sent to Mr. A. R. Solomon in Seattle,WA from a Wallace J. Norby in Portland, OR.

Does anyone recognize any of those names? Was Mr. Davis the company photographer? Also, are any other photos of the wreck of the #4126 known to exist?

--Drew Black

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Harry Nicholls

Post subject: Re: Interesting "Freecycle" Find; SP History

Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:40 am

Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:28 amPosts: 200Location: Dallas, TX

I am working on classifying about 15,000+ photos at the SMU DeGolyer Library in Dallas. While not yet into SP, I will check to see if there are any photos of SP 4126 in the files when I return in 2 weeks.

There are over 200 railroad files to be worked on, so it will be a while to complete the project. Email me at h_k_nicholls@peoplepc.com and leave me a message on your exact wants. That way, I can have a reminder when I return to Dallas. I will pull the SP files and see what is there.

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